“The Dems can put up a guy like Clinton because the left doesn’t care if they have ‘issues’.”
Try explaining that to John Edwards.
I always find that an interesting anomaly. Dems virtually never care about moral character. In fact, they practically celebrate the lack of it. But when the John Edwards affair story broke, I read on many lib message-boards, and they felt REALLY betrayed by him. Lots and lots of anger and disgust. I think much had to do with the cheating on a ‘sick wife’ angle.
Edwards was out of any office before that ever came up, so there is no comparison.
The press had to be dragged kicking and screaming to that one because they were being scooped by the National Enquirer, of all things. Even then, they wouldn't have touched if it Edwards was still a viable candidate for anything.